Manifest of the vessel 'Nuestra Señora del Rosario', its master Hernando de Urquiza, of the fleet of Tierra Firme: Antonio de Ubilla, 'two 100-pounds boxes of books to deliver in Tierra Firme to Antonio de Ubilla or to the agent of Nicolás de Guevara, resident in Potosí'. Amongst them, 'one [book] of Don Quixote de la Mancha, priced ten reales, worth 340 maravedíes' (crate num. 188). Archivo General de Indias. CONTRATACION,1145A,N.3
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